India
pti-PTI
Mainpuri,
Apr
27:
Amid
reports
of
growing
differences
between
him
and
Shivpal
Singh
Yadav,
Samajwadi
Party
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav
on
Wednesday
wondered
if
the
BJP
wanted
to
induct
his
uncle
into
the
party,
why
was
it
delaying
the
move.
Shivpal
Yadav
reacted
to
his
nephew’s
remark,
terming
it
as
“irresponsible”
and
a
statement
of
‘nadani’
(immaturity)
and
dared
him
to
sack
him
as
party
legislator
instead.
Akhilesh
Yadav
also
attacked
BSP
chief
Mayawati
over
the
alleged
transfer
of
her
party
votes
to
the
BJP
in
the
recent
assembly
polls
and
said
it
is
to
be
seen
if
the
saffron
party
makes
her
the
country’s
president
now
as
a
quid
pro
quo.
Speaking
to
reporters
here,
the
former
chief
minister
also
talked
about
the
jailed
SP
MLA
Azam
Khan
and
said
the
party
has
always
been
with
him.
He
also
slammed
those
who
are
now
“presenting
themselves
as
well-wishers”
of
Khan,
asking
them
where
they
were
when
the
BJP
and
the
Congress
were
registering
cases
against
him.
Distance
between
the
SP
chief
and
Shivpal
Singh
Yadav,
who
successfully
contested
the
recent
Uttar
Pradesh
polls
on
an
SP
ticket,
has
been
widening
since
the
latter
was
not
invited
to
a
meeting
of
the
newly
elected
SP
MLAs
towards
the
March-end.
Shivpal
Yadav
felt
slighted
over
the
matter
and
has
since
been
seen
to
be
drifting
closer
to
the
BJP.
Speculations
about
his
crossover
to
the
BJP
were
triggered
after
he
met
Chief
Minister
Yogi
Adityanath
and
later
started
following
him
and
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
on
Twitter.
When
asked
about
the
reasons
for
his
“narazgi”
(displeasure)
with
his
uncle,
Akhilesh
Yadav
told
reporters,
“I
don’t
have
any
‘narazgi’ but
the
BJP
should
tell
why
it
is
happy.”
“It’s
good,
they
should
take
him
soon.
If
the
BJP
wants
to
induct
the
uncle,
why
is
it
delaying
it?
You
think
yourself.
Why
are
the
BJP
people
delaying
it,
you
should
think
what
might
be
the
reasons
behind
it,”
Akhilesh
Yadav
told
reporters.
Asked
about
Akhilesh
Yadav’s
statement,
Shivpal
told
reporters
in
Etawah,
“The
statement
is
irresponsible.
This
is
a
statement
of
‘Nadani’
(immaturity).”
He
said,
“I
am
among
the
SP’s
111
legislators.
If
he
wants
to
send
me
to
the
BJP,
he
should
sack
me
(from
the
party
as
a
legislator).”
When
asked
about
his
future
course
of
action,
Shivpal
Yadav
said,
“If
there
will
be
something,
we
will
tell
you
(media)
at
the
right
time.”
Shivpal
won
the
Jaswantnagar
assembly
seat
as
a
Samajwadi
Party
candidate.
On
the
alleged
transfer
of
BSP’s
votes
to
the
BJP,
Akhilesh
Yadav
said,
“The
BSP
has
transferred
its
votes
to
the
BJP
in
the
Uttar
Pradesh
polls.
Now
it
will
be
interesting
to
see
if
the
BJP
makes
Mayawati
president
in
return.”
The
presidential
election
is
expected
in
July
this
year.
Asked
about
several
leaders
meeting
Azam
Khan,
who
is
lodged
in
the
Sitapur
district
jail
in
several
cases,
Akhilesh
Yadav
said,
“The
SP
is
with
him
since
day
one.
Those
who
are
asking
questions
today
should
tell
where
were
they
when
the
BJP
and
Congress
were
lodging
cases
against
him.”
Akhilesh
Yadav’s
comment
on
the
BSP
came
amid
media
reports
suggesting
that
the
BSP
votes
were
transferred
to
the
BJP
in
the
February-March
assembly
polls.
A
report
sent
by
the
Uttar
Pradesh
BJP
to
the
party’s
central
leadership
on
the
polls
also
highlighted
the
“shift”
of
the
BSP
voters
to
the
saffron
party
which
helped
it
win
the
elections
with
a
comfortable
margin.
During
the
elections
also,
Akhilesh
Yadav
had
alleged
a
“nexus”
between
the
BJP
and
the
BSP
as
part
of
a
“deal”
to
appoint
Mayawati
to
a
higher
constitutional
post.
A
spokesperson
of
Azam
Khan
had
recently
spoken
against
Akhilesh
Yadav
for
not
meeting
the
SP
founding
member
in
the
jail.
Shivpal
Yadav
and
Congress
leader
Acharya
Pramod
Krishnam
had
visited
Khan
and
expressed
support
for
him.
However,
SP
MLA
Ravidas
Mehrotra,
who
claimed
himself
to
be
an
emissary
of
Akhilesh,
was
refused
an
audience
by
the
MLA,
who
was
elected
for
the
tenth
time.